SNL” star Bowen Yang jokingly called Vice President JD Vance a “pope killer” on Thursday’s episode of “The View,” sending Whoopi Goldberg and her fellow co-hosts into fits of laughter. Yang’s roundtable chat on “The View” pivoted to Vance because Yang has portrayed the “Hillbilly Elegy” author on “SNL.

Whoopi Goldberg fell over in laughter when fellow comedian Bowen Yang floated the notion that Vice President JD Vance was involved in what one might call Pope Francis’ final benediction. Pope Francis died Monday at age 88.